15 H-E-B employees have tested positive for coronavirus in San Antonio so far in August

Fifteen in-store H-E-B employees in San Antonio have tested positive for COVID-19 in August, according to the grocery store chain’s website. Of the 15 cases, four of the employees last worked in their respective stores in late July.

Last month, 108 employees tested positive for the virus in the Alamo City, down from the more than 120 who contracted the coronavirus in June.

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Since March, the grocery store chain has regularly announced on its website when one of its employees test positive for the virus. The San Antonio chain has done so because it believes “transparency is important,” according to an email response from the company.

H-E-B does not reveal the employee’s identity and only lets the public know at what stores there was a positive case. Walmart and Target have both told mySA.com it will not release that information to the public.

If an employee is feeling ill or is waiting on results, H-E-B requires them to stay home, according to its website. When an employee is confirmed to be positive for COVID-19, H-E-B notifies its staff members at the store via text, H-E-B said. The stores are also cleaned and sanitized multiple times after an employee has tested positive for the virus.

Here are the 15 San Antonio H-E-B stores with COVID-19 cases the grocery chain has made public so far in August:

• Deco District H-E-B: The employee who tested positive for COVID-19 last worked in the store at 2118 Fredericksburg Rd. on Aug. 10.
• The Market at Stone Oak: The employee who tested positive for COVID-19 last worked in the store at 23635 Wilderness Oak on Aug. 5.
• 281 and Evans Road H-E-B plus!: The employee who tested positive for COVID-19 last worked in the store at 20935 U.S. Highway 281 North on Aug. 1. Another employee tested positive for COVID-19 at this store and was last seen in the facilities on Aug. 5. 
• Las Palmas H-E-B: The employee who tested positive for COVID-19 last worked in the store at 721 Castroville Rd. on Aug. 4.
• Marbach and 410 H-E-B plus!: The employee who tested positive for COVID-19 last worked in the store at 8219 Marbach Rd. on Aug. 3.
• Babcock H-E-B: The employee who tested positive for COVID-19 last worked in the store at 5910 Babcock Rd. on Aug. 3.
• Zarzamora and Military H-E-B plus!: The employee who tested positive for COVID-19 last worked in the store at 6818 South Zarzamora St. on Aug. 3.
• Bulverde and 1604 H-E-B: The employee who tested positive for COVID-19 last worked in the store at 17238 Bulverde Rd. on Aug. 1. Another employee tested positive at this store and was last seen on Aug. 2.
• Oak Park H-E-B: The employee who tested positive for COVID-19 last worked in the store at 1955 Nacogdoches Road on Aug. 2.
• Foster Rd H-E-B: The employee who tested positive for COVID-19 last worked in the store at 6580 F.M. 78 on July 31.
• Potranco and 1604 H-E-B plus!: The employee who tested positive for COVID-19 last worked in the store at 10718 Potranco Rd. on July 29.
• New Braunfels and Houston H-E-B: The employee who tested positive for COVID-19 last worked in the store at 415 N. New Braunfels Ave. on July 28.
• De Zavala H-E-B: The employee who tested positive for COVID-19 last worked in the store at 12777 I-10 West on July 27. 

Priscilla Aguirre is a general assignment reporter for MySA.com | [email protected] | @CillaAguirre